This attitude of mind - this attitude of uncertainty

Richard P. Feynman
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This attitude of mind - this attitude of uncertainty - is vital to the scientist, and it is this attitude of mind which the student must first acquire. It becomes a habit of thought. Once acquired, we cannot retreat from it anymore. ✨ Richard P. Feynman (2015). The Quotable Feynman, p.286, Princeton University Press
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